Mercedes Dorame: Where Sky Touches Water

OxyArts 4757 York Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Mercedes Dorame's exhibition, "Where Sky Touches Water” brings together a collection of new and recent work, combining photography and sculpture to explore the profound beauty of our natural world. Dorame's lens captures the vibrant tapestry of our Native ecology and its elusive peripheries, inviting reflection on the delicate balance between the familiar and what lies…

Water Ceremony

Baker Beach 1770 Gibson Rd, San Francisco, CA, United States

Hello BAAITS community! We are excited to keep sharing information for our week of events. Our next event will be our Water Ceremony for Uniting Resiliency. This will happen on Baker Beach, Thurs Feb 8, 1-4pm, Join us for this special Water Ceremony, lead by Two Spirit IndigeQueer community. We welcome folks from out of…

BAAITS 13th Annual Two Spirit Pow Wow

Fort Mason Festival Pavillion 2 Marina Blvd Suite 260, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, United States

BAAITS 13th Annual Two Spirit Pow Wow! Commemorating BAAITS 25th Anniversary! Saturday February 10, 2024 Fort Mason Festival Pavillion, San Francisco

Second Annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) Summit & Day of Action

SAFE Credit Union Convention Center 1401 K Street, Sacramento, CA, United States

Alongside the Yurok Tribe, Wilton Rancheria is humbled to host the 2024 MMIP Summit and Day of Action in Sacramento next month. The purpose of the event is to bring Tribal, state, and local elected leaders and law enforcement together with families affected by the MMIP crisis to raise awareness and work together toward substantive…

Special Pop-Up Book Event with Malcolm Margolin and Deborah Miranda

Earth Island Institute in the David Brower Center 2150 Alston Way, 4th Floor, Berkeley, CA, United States

Please join us for a special pop-up book event with California I CAN's own Malcolm Margolln and our spectacular guest - California Indian poet and author Deborah Miranda (Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen), author of Bad Indians (Heyday 2012), now available in a special 10th Anniversary edition.   TOMORROW EVENING!  Monday Feburary 12th at 6:00 PM, at the Earth Island Instiute in the David…

Ipai Hellya/2Spirit & Indigiqueer Resilience

Join 'ataaxum Pomkwaan, @unitedataaxum.yc and @jreynoso25 ( @thequeersol ) at a workshop on Ipai Hellyaa, Two Spirit & IndigeQueer Resilience. "Ipai Hellyaa" (ee-pye shlah) means Moon People in the Kumeyaay language, and according to Juan Reynoso “in a modern context, it means genderqueer, gender expansive and anything that exists outside of the binary." We will be learning more about what…

Artist Talk with Gerald Clarke Jr. and Emily Clarke

Benton Museum of Art Pomona College 120 West Bonita Avenue, Claremont, CA, United States

Artist Talk with Gerald Clarke Jr. and Emily Clarke Thursday, February 15, 2024 | 7:00 pm–9:00 pm Artist talk with Gerald Clarke Jr. and Emily Clarke followed by a reception for Continuity: Cahuilla Basket Makers and their Legacies. Details coming soon. Gerald Clarke is an enrolled member of the Cahuilla Band of Indians and lives on the…

Original Stories: California’s First Voices

Maidu Museum & Historic Site 1970 Johnson Ranch Drive, Roseville, CA, United States

The Maidu Museum is proud to present the next Night Out at the Museum program: a panel conversation between four contributors of Know We Are Here: Voices of Native California Resistance on February 17. This new book is a powerful collection that details how California’s Indigenous communities are resisting the legacies of forcible loss of…

41st Annual UCR Pow Wow

UC Riverside Sports Complex 1000 W. Blaine St., Riverside, CA, United States

May 24-26, 2024 University of California Riverside. Riverside Sports Complex: 1000 W. Blaine St. Riverside, Ca, 92507   Parking in Lot 26 *Admission is Free & Open to the Public* All Dancers, Drums, and Bird Singers Welcome

4th Annual Native & Indigenous Research Symposium

San Diego State University 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, United States

The Native & Indigenous Research & Arts Symposium (NIRAS) serves as an academic space to uplift diverse Native and Indigenous research, narratives, art, issues and knowledges. We are looking for student presenters! Submit a proposal for NIRAS by Friday, February 2nd, 2024!

Community Fashion Show

California Indian Museum & Cultural Center 5250 Aero Dr., Santa Rosa, CA, United States

GET YOUR TICKETS! Seats are limited. We will have standing room but if you’d like to reserve seats, get your tix before they’re gone. We are so excited to highlight the community through this event!

2024 DOE Tribal Clean Energy Summit & Tribal Listening Session

Pechanga Resort & Casino 45000 Pechanga Pkwy, Temecula, CA, United States

Tribes Leading the Way in Clean Energy Approximately every two years, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy along with other DOE offices convenes Tribal Leaders and energy stakeholders to exchange ideas promoting energy infrastructure development for Tribes and Tribal communities. Tribal Leaders and their subject matter experts—together with the DOE, the…

From Documentation to Revitalization: Leveraging Linguistic Research for Language Reclamation with Dr. Ray Huaute

Charles E. Young Research Library, Presentation Room 11349 280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, CA, United States

This Monday, February 26, 2024 at 11am join us for a talk with Dr. Ray Huaute Language reclamation, as defined by Leonard (2012), is “a larger effort by a community to claim its right to speak a language and to set associated goals in response to community needs and perspectives.” This presentation examines a community-centered…

Women’s Self-Defense Workshop

Cod Palm Springs Campus 1300 E. Baristo Road, Palm Springs, CA, United States

REGISTER TODAY for our CINC Women's Self-Defense Workshop hosted by Professor Carol Park. Participants will be introduced to basic self-defense methods and self-protection techniques. *Wear comfortable clothing and proper footwear to this event.* CINC Women's Self-Defense Workshop w/ Professor Carol Park Monday - February 26th@ 12 PM - 3 PM COD Palm Springs Campus located…

Statewide Native Youth Story Share: Juvenile Justice

Zoom

Calling all Native youth, please join California Tribal Families Coalition on Monday, February 26th @ 4-5:30pm on Zoom for a story sharing event facilitated by Dr. Cutcha Risling Baldy! All youth are welcome to provide input and we’re especially interested in hearing from Native youth with experience themselves or with family/friends involved in the juvenile…

2024 American Indian Youth Conference & Basketball Tournament

The American Indian Students Association (AISA) at UCLA will be hosting their annual Youth Conference and Basketball Tournament On March 1st-3rd. AIR will be assisting through this event to outreach to more Native youth, so please join AISA and AIR as we combine culture, academia, and fun into one great experience!   This event is…

4th Annual Running On Native Lands

4th Annual Running On Native Lands virtual and in person run / walk distances is LIVE! When: March 2-10, 2024 Where: Virtual + In Person In Person Locations: Missoula MT, Phoenix AZ, Madison WI, Portland OR x 2, Tucson AZ x 2, Seattle WA, Minneapolis MN, Sacramento CA, Harrisonburg VA, Broomfield CO and potentially more!…

First Annual Round Dance Save The Date

🪶SAVE THE DATE!🪶 American Indian Cultural Center SF is hosting our First Annual ROUND DANCE! Please Share! Spread the Word! ___ 🗓️ March 2nd, 2024 🕖6:00pm-11:30pm 📍 Location- TBD

Cutcha Risling Baldy: What the F Am I Still Doing Here?

University of Redlands 1200 E Colton Ave, Redlands, CA, United States

Native Student Programs Presents Cutcha Risling Baldy-What the F Am I still Doing Here?: Indigenous Feminisms, Survivance, and Native American Futures.   Cutcha Rosling Baldy, Associate Professor of Native American Studies at Cal Poly Humboldt is Hupa, Karuk, and Yurok and enrolled in the Hoopa Valley Tribe. She researches Indigenous feminisms, California Indians, Environmental Justice,…

Virtual On-Line Outreach Workshop

Virtual

Virtual Outreach Workshop for the future California Indian Heritage Center Friday, March 8, 2024 Open Workshop for All @ 1:00 pm Youth & Education Focus Discussion @ 3:00 pm In addition to discussion about the future heritage center: Participants will be entered into our on-line virtual meeting raffle including the coveted CIHC Acorn Blanket. There…

California Tribes Native American Outreach Workshop

Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey 453 Van Buren St., Monterey, CA, United States

California Indian Heritage Center Outreach Event in Monterey! Saturday, March 9, 2024 - 10:00 - 12:00   Calling all area California Indians and Native American voices in the Central Coast Region. This event is one of the last opportunities during the pre-design phase of the project to offer input about the future California Indian Heritage…

Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples

The Autry Museum of the American West 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join us in honoring our stolen sisters and relatives in a supportive beading circle! Our community partner, Keely Linton, with @strongheartednativewomen will facilitate our discussion focused on advocacy, sharing, and healing! Our relative, Birdie Pulskamp (@ndn.birdie), will lead us in a beading project designed for community members to complete during the afternoon workshop! Our community beading circle…

2nd Annual Marin Powwow

Terra Linda High School New Gym 320 Nova Albion Way, San Rafael, CA, United States

All are welcome to the 2nd Annual Marin Powwow as we join in celebration of the Indigenous communities that live and work in Marin on Coast Miwok land.  Since 1968 the Marin American Indian Alliance (MAIA) has been a place where Indigenous people get together to share traditions, songs, dances and prayer so we are…

Artist Talk and Walk Through with Mercedes Dorame

OxyArts 4757 York Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Join us for an in-person artist talk and walkthrough of Where Sky Touches Water with Mercedes Dorame. Learn more about the creation of the works and Dorame's experiences at the field stations of Pimunga (Catalina Island) and Limuw (Santa Cruz Island). Guided by Dorame, the artist talk and walkthrough provide an intimate opportunity to dive deeper into the context and themes…

California Truth & Healing Council March 2024 Quarterly Meeting

We are happy to announce both locations for the upcoming California Truth & Healing Council for the March 2024 Quarterly Meeting in the Sonoma & Lake County regions. The previous post has been updated as well. We are thankful to be partnering with the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria & Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians…

Sonoma County Indian Health Project Farmer’s Market

Walk -Up Farmers Market is back! SCIHP Farmer's Market will be held on March 21, 2024, at 3771 Cleveland Avenue, Santa Rosa. Gates open at 11AM until supplies last. On March 22, 2024, we will be at MPA from 10am-12pm and Kashia at 1pm. Please bring your reusable bags.

Native American/Indigenous Education Summit

California State University, San Bernardino 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA, United States

Native American/Indigenous Education Summit for Culturally Responsive Instruction & Culturally Proficient Institutions For more information, please contact EdSummit@CINCollege.org  

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